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  • Iranian Lessons in Frugality

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    New Wars has been watching closely the ongoing developments off Yemen, with US, Saudi Arabian, and Iranian warships deploying to support one side or the other in the ongoing Civil War there. Before we get to our subject, here are a few details via Strategypage: Saudi Arabian warships are maintaining a [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Weekly

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    Considering our sailors A lot of the arguments I get against the deployment of corvettes as a force multiplier for the US Navy concerns the small warships’ perceived lack of endurance or seakeeping abilities. This is amazing to me since such small craft of 1000+ tons were considered high end units in [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:06am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Australian Historical Wargames Convention

    A friend asked me to post the following: AUSTRALIAN GENERAL STAFF WARGAMES CHAMPIONSHIP   The Australian Historical Wargames Convention (OZCON) to be held next Easter will introduce a new kind of competitive wargames championship.  Clubs and groups are invited to register a team of between 3 and 5 players as a General Staff [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:02pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Fleets Converge off Yemen

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    Here is some updated news from the Debka file on the Saudi-Iranian standoff near the Yemen coast. Now as predicted, the USN is getting into the act while Tehran reinforces: DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that over the weekend, the Aegis class cruiser USS Chosin was designated the flagship of [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:20pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Navy-Sea Fighter Not Ready for Combat

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    Here is an update via Chris Cavas at Defense News* (see note), concerning the FSF-1 Sea Fighter we posted on earlier in the week. First a little history: After basely a year of operation, the Sea Fighter suffered a mishap on Sept. 6, 2006, when it ran into some large sea [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Revising the American Way of War Pt 2

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    We continue our study of Industrial Warfare, also known as the American Way of War. Today, a glimpse at a few battles in the last 20 years that may have distracted us from what is truly important, the threat from Third World radicalism, and the new Fourth Generation Warfare. Also, how we [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Revising the American Way of War Pt 1

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    Certainly the old Industrial Warfare, often called “The American Way of War” has reached its limits in this new century. The 3rd Generation Warfare ideas of mass armies, navies, and air forces dominated the tactics of the last century but appears now to have met their match in the face [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:15am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Fighter’s New Look

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    Check out the FSF-1 Sea Fighter’s new makeover, as seen recently on the Columbia River in Oregon. Very impressive. Ace commenter D.E. Reddick provides an apt description: Her bow is now higher with what appears to be greater forward clearance. She also has her third configuration of the tower structure above [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:13pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Examples of Seapower Seen off Yemen

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    Seapower, like a game of chess, consists of moves and countermoves. At some point you may think you have your adversary in check, then he does the unexpected and you are in checkmate. A Special Report from the UPI notes such an ongoing duel between warships of Iran and Saudi [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Problems of Weapons Procurement

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    Much of the difficulties replacing worn-out stocks of weapons lately has been blamed on our ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Nowhere is this clearly revealed than with the British military, specifically in the RAF, as Strategypage points out: Facing large budget cuts, the British Royal Air Force (RAF) is reducing its personnel [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:06pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

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    US Navy Lockheed Martin pitches light warship concept for Gulf radar picket. USS Ford honors president who kept us on an even keel. Logistics Concerns for Missile-Defense Warships. Navy’s new missile blows something up. More. MDA announces next 6 BMD ships. States’ fight over carrier to intensify. More. Naval War College Review Articles on China’s DF-21/ASBM. Navy suspends [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Council Smacks Anti-Constitution Agitators

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    Remember the tale of the wealthy condo owners who sought to muzzle the USS Constitution’s daily gun salute, which was disturbing their party-making? The Boston City Council has just passed a resolution in support of Old Ironsides and her historic excursions. Richard Weir again at the Boston Herald: “If you move [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Alternative Weekly

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    Calcutta’s Carrier Conundrum It’s official now. None of the 2 new British aircraft carriers will be going to India as earlier reported. Still, it seemed like a good idea, so much that we “scooped” the plan last week while working on the draft for this week’s post. I kept the proposal in, [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Congratulations!

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    Special congrats to frequent commenter Commander Henry Jerry Hendrix for winning Second Prize in the 2009 Proceedings Essay Contest for his inspiring and timely article “Buy Fords, Not Ferraris“. Well deserved! Also thanks are in order for everyone who put us over the 300,000 mark today. We got here by posting [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:37pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • A Real Pirate Buster!

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    Here is some info on the French warship which foiled the designs of 12 Somali pirates, as New Wars detailed last week. According to Wikipedia, Floréal and her sisters are officially titled ”light surveillance frigates”, of which 6 have been built for the French Navy, and 2 for the Royal Moroccan Navy: After the [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Weekly

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    Aegis for LCS Well, looks like critics might get their wish, with Lockheed proposing to replace the patrol boats armament on the littoral combat with something more lethal, according to Defense News: Lockheed Martin has presented a concept of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) adapted to carry the Aegis combat system to [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • RN Carriers: Finally, the Denial

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    The news seemed unbelievable, however tantalizing, that the UK would dare suggest selling off one of its two new 65,000 ton Queen Elizabeth class carriers to India. Thanks to another one of our ace readers, we have the the official British Ministry of Defense response to a story which originally [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:42pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • How to Build a Navy

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    Strategypage reveals how China is now the world’s largest shipbuilder, proving she has what it takes to potentially create a world class Navy: Sooner than anyone expected, China has surpassed South Korea as the world’s largest shipbuilder. Currently, Chinese firms have orders for 54.96 million CGT of ships, compared to 53.63 million CGT. [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 2:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Corvettes: Not Your Typical Missile Boat

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    The modern corvette has come a long way from the fast attack craft (FAC’s) of the late Cold War. It was these small cruise missile firing boats, which could be built cheaply and in large numbers that caused so much panic after the sinking of an old Israeli destroyer in [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 6:01am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • History of Submarine Aircraft Carriers

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    The US Navy is very close to possessing a sub-to-surface aerial vehicle, a “flying Sub” in the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missiles. The latest version of the highly effective Tomahawk that is fired from torpedo tubes has the ability to loiter for hours and change targets in mid-course. It is [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Corvettes Should be Good and Plenty

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    The lineage of the modern corvette can be found in the fast attack craft (FAC) from the 1960s, notably those built by the Soviet Union and transferred to scores of Third World navies. The notion that the “little Davids” armed with the new cruise missiles like Styx could sink the [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Breaking: Britain May Sell New Carrier to India

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    Selling one of the 2 Queen Elizabeth to India? This is actually not a bad idea. I’ll explain later, but here is the amazing story concerning the hapless Royal Navy supercarriers, from the Guardian: One of Britain’s new £2bn aircraft carriers could be sold off under cost-cutting plans being considered by [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 4:59am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Build Your Own Navy-Radicalized!

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    For something fun, here is a little game created by David Axe, and presented to us by frequent commenter Heretic, whose chart I am borrowing with a few radical adjustments. Within the points I have also added motherships, arsenal ships, corvettes, and offshore patrol vessels, which though not realistic as yet, [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Korean Naval Clash Update

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    The excellent and comprehensive War News Updates blog had this to say concerning the recent battle between the North and South Korean navies: I am lucky to have an excellent contact in the Korean Government. He confirms what New Wars observed from this naval clash …. South Korean firepower pulverized (to a point) [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:57pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Royal Navy Failed to Save British Couple

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    Updated. Recently in the news was the kidnapping of a British couple from their yacht in the Gulf by Somali pirates. Details from the Sun reveals that a British warship was on the scene during the event: Supply ship RFA Wave Knight was sent to intercept the pirates as they grabbed Paul [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

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    US Navy   USS New York commissioned in shadow of midtown. USS Truman-Inside on of America’s Largest Warships. National Security Cutter-New Coast Guard ship gets good notices. The Gerald R. Ford-Northrop taking steps to keep carrier on budget. More. USAF, U.S. Navy To Expand Cooperation. USS Freedom-Navy’s LCS not living up to the hype. D/E Subs Give USN [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Analyzing the Korean Sea Fight

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    Some South Korean military experts have reached conclusions on the recent clash between North and South Korean boats that don’t exactly agree with the facts. The article “How S.Korea Beat Back N.Korean Gunboat” is from Chosun.com: Arms experts and military officers say it was technological superiority that allowed South Korea to send a [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Alternative Weekly

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    German Light Carrier in the Works? I love these names navies tag on warships to disguise their true purpose. More on this subject later, but here is one from Germany a “multi-purpose ship”, officially “Mehrzweckeinsatzschiff”. Mike at  Combat Fleet of the World (one of my favorite new naval blogs!) provides some [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Weekly

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    LCS versus the Swarm Recently reading an interview over at Defense News with Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, who is leaving his job with developing the Navy’s shipbuilding program to the 10th Fleet, the service’s new Cyber command. Here is his thoughts on the LCS: First, there are some current critical war-fighting gaps [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Veterans, Remembrance, and Armistice Day 2009

    Soldiers are Unbowed, Unbroken David Ignatius says the US Military is “Standing tall in harm’s way“:     In the aftermath of the Fort Hood shootings, some commentaries have examined the damage to the U.S. Army from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few have spoken about the alleged shooter, Maj. Nidal M. [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Free Veteran’s Day CD!

    Free download via Amazon.com. About 30 minutes of Patriotic music by The Bands and Ensembles of the US Armed Forces. Posted in Other [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Koreas Clash at Sea

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    Heated naval combat occurred yesterday after a North Korean provocation, according to the Korea Times: At around 10:30 a.m., the North Korean boat crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL), and ignoring repeated warnings, he said. In response to a South Korean patrol boat firing warning shots ― in accordance to the rules [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Future of Amphibious Lift Pt 2

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    Today we note the commissioning of the US Navy’s latest and most famous member of the LPD-17 class amphibious ship, the USS New York. Most of the public who are appropriately celebrating a vessel made with World’s Trade Center steel have little inkling of the troubled history of this entire [...]
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    Posted: November 10, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Arctic Sea Theories Compiled

    An excellent report over at the Times Online, detailing what is known about the MV Arctic Sea hijacking mystery. Also they add even more questions to the story worthy of a spy novel: WEAPONS CARGO Arctic Sea carrying secret arms cargo. Mossad tipped off Russians. For Kremlin sent warship to track it [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Wealthy Seek to Muzzle Old Ironsides

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    You can just feel the contempt the Boston councilman has for this complaint. You go guy! From Richard Weir at the Boston Herald: The Herald reported on Saturday that the 204-foot-long vessel, formally called the USS Constitution, is under attack by residents in a nearby condo complex for being an ear-sore…The [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Future of Amphibious Lift Pt 1

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    First of all, this ^ isn’t it Thanks to a timely media blitz, the Navy’s newly commissioned amphibious supership the USS New York is getting much favorable attention, probably ensuring purchases of this class will continue for some time. First off, we love ships and can think of no better way to honor [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Futility of Armor

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    Don’t Blame the Strykers The Stryker armored vehicles, made popular in Iraq and wildly successful there, are getting a bad rap in Afghanistan due to mounting casualties. Here is Robert Haddick at Foreign Policy.com with “Why Don’t Stryker Brigades Work in Afghanistan?”: On July 5, the U.S. Army’s 5th Stryker Brigade arrived in Kandahar [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 2:07pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Hero of Fort Hood

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    We’ve kept our opinions to ourselves on the Fort Hood Massacre, not wanting to add to the hurt the nation is suffering through. Our thoughts and prayers certainly go out to the families of the fallen. Consistently we have noticed in our nearly 44 years, that some light shines in [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:23am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • High Seas Drama: Israel Vs. Iran Arms Smuggler

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    Astonishing evidence of Iranian arms smuggling into the war-torn region. Thanks to Yeshiva World News. Posted in New Cruisers [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

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    US Navy   Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to commission USS New York. More. More. US SSN to exercises with SA Navy. Can Killer Drones Land on Aircraft Carriers? Submarine to hitch ride inside giant ship. Missile threat shifts to Black Sea.   Warships of the World   Royal Navy cuts: ships as reflection of state might. Both Royal Navy carriers [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • No Anonymous Commenting

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    We’ve had to turn off anonymous commenting. Now you have to give your name before yelling at yours truly! Don’t worry, though, we aren’t making an enemies’ list (though we are probably on a few!). Thanks as always for your patronage and always gripping discussion. Mike Burleson Posted in New Battleships [...][...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:55pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Alternative Weekly

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    Yes, we’ve changed the name. Killer Drones on Aircraft Carriers Jason Paur at the Danger Room reports on Navy plans to catch up with the other services in the deployment of unmanned airpower: The Navy’s top admiral told a think-tank audience yesterday he wants more unmanned aircraft in the sea service, and he [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Israeli Navy Conducts Commando Raid

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    Since today is a day we set aside discussing modern cruiser warfare, I thought the following story from the Washington Post was a perfect example of the current practice in seapower, and where the USN needs to be more focused: Israel’s navy intercepted a cargo ship loaded with smuggled arms late [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:59pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Weekly

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    From Streetfighter to LCS At what point did the Streetfighter, a 1000 ton corvette proposed by 2 naval greats Admiral Arthur Cebrowski and Capt. Wayne Hughes, morph into the over-weight, over-priced, under-armed littoral combat ship (LCS)? From reading this 2001 proposal for the unique craft more suited for COIN at sea [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Impending Collapse of Manned Airpower

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    If you thought the recent knife fights over the F-22 Raptor fighter cancellation was tough, you haven’t seen anything comparable as the massive Joint Strike Fighter program implodes under the weight of immense costs in the next decade. At least, that is yours truly’s prediction, as all the signs of [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 1:56pm EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Navy Adverse to Nautical Threats

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    I came across this article written by a West Point graduate John T Reed, titled “Are U.S. Navy surface ships sitting ducks to enemies with modern weapons?” While I don’t agree that all surface ships are obsolete (just make them smaller, easy to replace, and plentiful), the author makes some [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2009, 5:05am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Quiet Demise of the Battle Tank

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    Number of Stryker wheeled armored vehicles purchased this past decade for the US Army-2,988 Number of Main Battle Tanks purchased in the same time period-O That is really amazing when you consider that tracked armored vehicle production has been ongoing in this country since the 1910’s, even during during the dark days [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 5:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Big Defense Corrupts Democracy

    Number of comments: 10
    I often discuss here how the high tech arms, the superweapons America has come to rely on for its security is detrimental to our armed forces in vastly decreasing numbers we can buy, making them nearly impossible to replace, never in adequate numbers. Superfighters, supercarriers, supertanks also take away from [...]
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    Posted: November 01, 2009, 6:00am EST
    by Mike Burleson

  • Defender launches on the Clyde

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    Amazing footage from last week’s launch on the River Clyde of the Royal Navy’s latest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Defender. Note the discrepancy of the smaller vessels sailing by! Posted in Royal Navy [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:47am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Royal Navy Fly-Past

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     This occured recently in Liverpool celebrating the 100th anniversary of Royal Navy airpower. Good stuff. Posted in Royal Navy [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 6:35am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

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    US Navy   Northrop Grumman to lay keel for Ford-class carrier. Northrop Grumman-built amphibious assault vessel commissioned. Navy to commission USS Dewey DDG-105 in Seal Beach. Admiral: Complacency Caused U.S. Sub Collision. Toward a More Muscular U.S. Pacific Command? US Destroyer accidentally fires on Polish port. Naval Hawks Over Arabian Seas. Navy ponders advanced shipboard radar system for missile, [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Learning from Suez

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    Note-I hope you enjoy this “golden oldie” from 2007, Originally titled 5 Lessons from the 1956 Suez Crisis: After the nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956 by Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser, the British and French, along with Israel launched Operation Musketeer, on October 29 and the 31st of [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 5:59am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Collins Replacement $3 billion each!

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    A report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute predicts astronomical cost growth on future submarines home-built in Australia. This story is from Adelaide Now: But a report out today warns that trying to build the new subs in Australia would be fraught with danger and the purchase of smaller, short-range “off-the-shelf” overseas [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 4:52pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Diversity Thursday

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    The Rationale for UCAV Carriers James Dunnigan at Strategypage makes the case for a new warship geared toward a new way of war at sea: While the navy would prefer to design and build the first generation UCAVs for use on existing carriers, these smaller and cheaper aircraft go together well with [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:05am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Keeping Clamagore High and Dry

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    Water is a killer, one of the most destructive forces of nature. The last apartment building I lived in sprang a leak, and–don’t get me started! We continue to post on the travails of Charleston SC’s Patriots Point Naval Museum and attempts to salvage the veteran ships there from nature’s [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Wednesday

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    Speed Last week, the Navy and the LCS builder General Dynamics celebrated the fact that the vessel “hit a top speed of 45 knots and kept a sustained speed of 44 knots“. But what is the point of the high speed? It was for the purpose of combating the small boat [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 5:59am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Did Congress Get My Memo?

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    Before you go any further, please recall something yours truly proposed recently concerning future Navy plans for BMD ships to defend Europe and elsewhere. Writing here in Arsenal Ships for Ballistic Missile Defense, we suggested: As an alternative to our over-worked missile battleships in the role of ABM defense, we would [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:01pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Meet Britain’s New Capital Ship

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    I will insist the recent news of the Royal Navy scrapping plans for a second attack carrier, and canceling much of their Joint Strike Fighter order isn’t all bad, but a sign of the sea change in warfare since the Cold War. While many hopes and jobs are on the [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • British Scratch One Flattop!

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    Updated with new links from the bottom. Here is a follow up to yesterday’s story that the British Royal Navy will forgo the attack role for one of its large deck aircraft carriers of the Queen Elizabeth class. One of the 65,000 ton giants will be built only to carry helicopters, [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Aegis Battleships Misused in Drug War

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    From Navy News we learn of an astounding drug bust by one of the world’s most powerful warships: USS Anzio (CG 68), operating as part of the Combined Maritime Forces, a U.S.-led coalition supporting maritime security operations in the region, seized approximately four tons of hashish found aboard a skiff Oct. [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Breaking: Royal Navy Cuts Carrier Buy

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    Not so much a surprise is the news the Royal Navy will cut one of its 2 new Queen Elizabeth class supercarriers. Story from the Times Online: The Royal Navy has agreed to sacrifice one of its two new aircraft carriers to save about £8.2 billion from the defence budget. The admirals, [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:12pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Feds Balk at Laffey Upgrade

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    Not good news for “The Ship that would not Die“, currently in drydock in Charleston, but the destroyer Laffey has faced tougher foes. From the Post and Courier: Patriots Point banked on $20 million in federal funding to offset the more than $9 million it borrowed from the state to save [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 6:03am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Farewell Jeanne d’Arc

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    As a young man growing up in the 1970’s and 80’s, obsessed with all things nautical, this one of the last examples of traditional European cruiser design was always impressive to me. I also think France’s Jeanne d’Arc, launched in 1964 and a contemporary with the original Italian Andrea Doria [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

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    US Navy   Navy plans massive cuts in fossil fuel use. Alabama-built warship tops out at more than 50 mph. After delays, LCS 2 completes builder trials. Northrop Grumman Invests In Naval Fire Scout. Navy Conducts First Successful Structural Test Firing for LCS Gun. Navy to Commission Energy-Efficient Amphibious Assault Ship Makin Island. USS Anzio Seizes Four Tons [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 6:30am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Diversity Thursday

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    Chinese Carriers Not the West’s Biggest Worry The following quote is from the China Military Report blog. I have rephrased the translated text into better English, hoping to have kept the spirit of the statement: As for the US-Japan Pacific League,  the real threat from the Chinese armed forces is not the [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Navy:Fix Yorktown or Scrap Her

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    The retired aircraft carrier and current museum ship Yorktown, for decades a favorite attraction in Charleston Harbor, is facing its worst foe yet, extreme age and the weather. From the Post and Courier: Officials at the military attraction estimated Tuesday that it would cost more than $100 million to dry dock [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 2:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Wednesday

    Number of comments: 10
    Amphibious Assault LCS This idea, proposed by Raymond Pritchett , and like the Navy’s new littoral combat ship, was almost a good idea. Here it is: People think I am nuts that I advocate putting a Marine Battalion on Littoral Combat Ships, Joint High Speed Vessels, and Corvettes but I still believe [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Collin’s Class Crippled

    Number of comments: 10
    The story that won’t go away is the troubled Australian Collin’s class submarines, which seemed a good idea at the time. From the Australian, we learn: THE navy’s $6 billion Collins-class submarines face serious operational restrictions after being hit by a run of crippling mechanical problems and troubling maintenance issues. Some senior [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 4:44pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Navies and the Forces of Anarchy Pt 2

    Number of comments: 10
    The following article from Jane’s (via Pakistan Defense) showcases the perils and pitfalls even the most modern countries are facing trying to create what I call “USA Light” militaries, focusing here on India: The Indian Navy’s six Scorpene submarines, under construction at Mazagon Dockyard in western India since 2006, face a [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Last Manned Battleship

    Number of comments: 10
    Five American warships pass through the Strait of Malacca toward the Indian Ocean, on a mission in support of a ally who is threatened by the ally of an unfriendly Asian power. In appearance, there is little difference in size or design, save that only a single one of the [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Navies and the Forces of Anarchy Pt 1

    Number of comments: 2
    Concerning the North and South Korean navies, here is an interesting article that details the relative firepower and effectiveness of each. This goes along with our argument of the need for many smaller, less expensive vessels, as opposed to the continued construction of high end battleships, the latter which however capable [...]
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    Posted: October 19, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

    Number of comments: 2
    US Navy   USS Freedom to Deploy Early. More. Still More. Navy To Unveil LCS Package. Navy will begin retests of LCS Independence this week. USS Helena commander talks about critical role of submarines. Sailors take aim at new recruiting slogan. More. Even More. Yet More. Navy secretary seeks greener fleet. More. More. Even More. Adm. Gary Roughead [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 6:30am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Notice

    The post titled “Time to Divide Up the Marine Corps” has been permanently deleted due to excessive hate mail. No offense was meant to anyone. If you search the early posts, you’ll see this blog stood by the Corps during the dark days of Iraq and when Murtha called the Haditha [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:03pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Diversity Thursday

    Number of comments: 10
    The Real Deterrent The admirals will insist their large deck carriers backed by many multipurpose missile escorts and submarines are needed to deter war. Ironically, since World War 2 and despite seeing the creation of the most technically impressive warships in all history, this hasn’t negated the need for land armies [...]
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    Posted: October 15, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Speaking of Littoral Ships…

    Number of comments: 8
    We picked up this short video of the Finnish Navy’s Hamina class missile boat from Solomon at the Snafu blog. Very good! Posted in New Cruisers [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 3:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Deploys Early

    Number of comments: 1
    Updated below. The rumors have been ongoing most of the year, now its officially-official. Yesterday the Department of Defense and the Navy released the following statement: The Navy announced today the decision to deploy the USS Freedom (LCS 1) in early 2010 to the Southern Command and Pacific Command areas ahead of [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Alternative Wednesday

    Number of comments: 10
    By popular demand (actually it was ScottB and a couple others, but a still good idea!), here is a day set aside for one of the most controversial ship programs in recent history: the over-hyped, much delayed, much-overweight, undergunned, and over-priced littoral combat ship (LCS). The Indispensable Perry’s Soldier On Thanks to [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 5:55am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • And So It Begins…

    Starting in exactly 12 hours, we debate the LCS each Wednesday. Don’t miss it! Posted in New Cruisers [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 6:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Navy and the Missile Threat Pt 2

    Number of comments: 10
    I often contend, if you are wondering what the next war will be like you need only look toward the last few years of the last war for a glimpse. In the late 1980s, just as the US Navy was on the verge of the most dramatic reformation of its [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 5:55am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Guns Failed in the Afghan

    Number of comments: 10
    We have mostly stayed out of the argument over Afghanistan, but this recent news of US weapons failures is a bit shocking. From the AP: In the chaos of an early morning assault on a remote U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips’ M4 carbine quit firing as militant [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Navy and the Missile Threat Pt 1

    Number of comments: 10
    The following was inspired by a conversation within the comments recently . There can be, it must be emphasized, no invulnerable ship, and excessive attention to passive defence takes resources away from the primary role of a warship. DK Brown writing in The Future British Surface Fleet Since the 1970s the US Navy has [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

    Number of comments: 3
    US Navy   Port Royal back in the water again, and barnacle-free. New LCS prices to be revealed. USS McInerney Sets Sail for Final Deployment. Navy Establishes Carrier Strike Group 1. Submarines of the future could get a communications upgrade. Stout deployment may be BMD mission blueprint. Navy Looks to Stop Enemy Ray Guns. Visitors Flock To Ship Made [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Diversity Thursday

    Number of comments: 10
    Today we present a special “small carrier” edition! Royal Navy Carriers “Sitting Ducks” Save the Royal Navy is none too happy with Labour’s claim to support the  British military: The fact is that ALL in-service (commissioned) Royal Navy warships, and especially the carriers HMS Ark Royal and Illustrious, are sitting ducks to recently [...]
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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • I’m Off!

    Number of comments: 10
    I’ll be visiting Orlando Florida until Sunday. Have a great rest of your week and I left a few posts to tied you over. Thanks as always for stopping by! Posted in Other [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 12:01pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • New Cruisers against the Pirates Pt 3

    Number of comments: 10
    Surface Warfare’s New Look What is interesting, even as traditional large navies spend a disproportionate amount of funds buying large deck aircraft carriers, signaling a continued dependence on naval airpower,  there has been a return to surface cruiser warfare unseen since the First World War, and initially in the Second. Aside [...]
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    Posted: October 07, 2009, 6:01am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • New Cruisers against the Pirates Pt 2

    Number of comments: 7
    For two main reasons we advocate that Western Navies, especially the US and Britain, devote greater resources to purchasing smaller, more numerous warships. First is the advent of precision guided weapons, and satellite tracking sensors which are incredibly accurate and can easily target and destroy the most heavily armed or protected [...]
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    Posted: October 06, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • New Cruisers against the Pirates Pt 1

    Number of comments: 10
    Cruisers Past & Present On board the frigate HMS Kent in the Gulf,  Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart describes her experience on a vessel built to fight another type of war: Launched in 1998, she cost £140 million to build and £14-16 million a year to run. She carries an array of weapons, [...]
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    Posted: October 05, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • The Case of the Disappearing Article

    Number of comments: 4
    Updated. (Shortest conspiracy ever! See comments) Not one to shy away from conspiracy theories, I am curious about what happened to a recent post on David Axe’s website War is Boring. Like me you’ve probably been following Axe’s series “Skull and Bones” as he sails in the Gulf of Aden on [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 3:13pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • One More:

    Number of comments: 10
    This was a left-over poster from last week. Posted in Other [...]
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    Posted: October 04, 2009, 6:08am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • No Headlines for this Drug Buster

    Number of comments: 10
    Scoop Deck points out the silent exploits of another anti-narcotics warship quietly plying her necessary mission. Here is the story of “Mighty Mac”, the frigate USS McClusky: The “Mighty Mac” has collected its share of drug busts when it heads to sea on such deployments to support U.S. SouthCom’s Joint Interagency [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 6:20pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Sea Links

    Number of comments: 7
    US Navy   Coast Guard hoists crewman from U.S. Navy submarine - video. New missile defense plan bets on Navy interceptors. More. Navy to decommission USS Nashville at Norfolk base. US NAVY: T-AKE 12 Construction Commences. US Navy receives new special warfare boats.   Warships of the World   Israel gets two more German submarines. Or maybe not? Report from an [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Carrier Diversity Thursday

    Number of comments: 10
    With the Navy’s new emphasis on personnel diversity, we would like to see the same standard applied to shipbuilding, especially what is considered its capital ship for almost 70 years, the large deck aircraft carrier. With the fleet continuing to shrink, and sailors forced into continuous lengthy deployments, now is [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Arsenal Ships for Ballistic Missile Defense

    Number of comments: 10
    It is welcome news the US Military won’t be placing vulnerable and intimidating anti-ballistic missile sites right up against the Russian border in Eastern Europe, but I fear the plan to place them on US Navy ships will do this service more harm than good. Already completely obsessed with land [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Iron Duke Drug Bust Video!

    Number of comments: 5
    Excellent action footage. Thanks to Scoop Deck! Posted in Royal Navy [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 7:33pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Time to Divide Up the Marine Corps

    Number of comments: 10
    Let’s be sensible about this very touchy subject. The Army needs more ground troops, the Navy needs more ships. Since the amazing US Marine Corps had been acting as part of the Army for decades, and it never uses its vaunted fleet of amphibious landing ships to actually land anywhere [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 11:58am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • LCS Gets Gulf Ready?

    Number of comments: 6
    Raymond Pritchett caught the addition of 2×30mm chainguns (immediately behind the stacks) on USS Freedom (LCS-1) in this US Navy photo. Is she Gulf bound as was predicted earlier? Posted in New Cruisers [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 10:28am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Dreaming of the 313-Ship Navy Pt 2

    Number of comments: 10
    The U.S. Navy has been operating on something close to autopilot since World War II, replacing old classes of ships with improved versions when the old ones need to be retired, rather than approaching naval warfare from a clean slate. All but a couple of countries in the world have [...]
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    Posted: September 29, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Iron Duke Strikes Again!

    Number of comments: 4
    Can HMS Iron Duke be stopped? Seems everytime she puts to sea, another big narcotics bust transpires! From Royal Navy News: Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke has made the largest seizure of cocaine ever recorded by the Royal Navy. The warship, working with the supply ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort George, [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Dreaming of the 313-Ship Navy Pt 1

    Number of comments: 10
    The Navy will never reach the long-cherished goal of 313 ships unless it changes its shipbuilding priorities, to be blunt. Metaphorically speaking about procurement, it is still shopping at Tiffany’s while the world goes to Walmart. Despite all reality, however GovExec reveals how the Top admiral affirms commitment to 313-ship [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 6:00am EDT
    by Mike Burleson

  • Pirates Win Through Attrition

    Number of comments: 6
    Though we are hearing some good news from the Anti-Piracy mission off Somalia, with the number of attacks on merchant shipping down dramatically from last year, Strategypage says it is no thanks to the high tech and impressive naval forces arrayed against them: The Somali pirates are having a bad year, [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2009, 3:15pm EDT
    by Mike Burleson
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